Im so dumb

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when i download a program's code
and i open a folder
and ...

Im so dumb

hey guys i have a question about compiling
when i download a program's code
and i open a folder
and theres like 8 files in there
am i supposed to assume that they go together and complie them all
how do i complie 8 files that look like they go together
i don't have any instructions

im trying to use AIM custom client
if anyone knows about this or is willing to help me lot send me your screen name or let me know

Whenever I have to modify some old program, I'm never surprised if it takes me a day to get to the point where I can re-compile... In fact, I'm quite happy if I can get everything working in the first day.

i think a right click on the project tree will do the trick(atleast I think it will). The option should also be avaible under the File menu. But first, you have to CREATE a project and then you can add files.

A search for "AIM custom client" returned this, which seems to imply that you need the SDK (Software Development Kit) and a registration key. I have no idea what's in this one, but a software development kit will usually include one or more libraries, documentation, and some sample code.

If you are missing the libraries, then your code is calling library functions that you don't have. That might cause "500 errors". There probably aren't really 500 errors... Once the compiler gets lost & confused, funny things can happen.

I don't know how much programming experience you have, but I'm getting the impression that you are getting in over your head. That's up to you to decide, but if that's the case, maybe you should work on something simpler for awhile...

so i guess 'oaidl.h' either has somethign wrong with it or it isn't there

so i tried looking around the MVC++ directories for the include files
and i found some so i tried to copy the 'oaidl.h' file from my Dev-c++ include files into there and i got a bunch of errors that said something about default int type, and my friend told me that meant it somehow got included twice, but i dunno.......